Filter Has Cheeseburger With A Bizkit On 'Family Values'

09/29/1999 4:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
Craig Rosen

(9/29/99, 1 p.m. PDT) - What's it like being on one of the hottest tours of the fall--the Family Values trek? For Filter, things are just going great. Filter frontman Richard Patrick tells LAUNCH that the bands are really gelling.

"Me and [Limp Bizkit frontman] Fred [Durst] are constantly pal-ing around, all the guys," he says. "There's none of this bulls--t rock star [stuff]...We're not from that world. All these bands are young and pretty much have a punk ethic of 'Hey let's just get up there and have a blast.' I'm stoked. Fred's been so supportive; the other bands, Staind, all those guys are amazing, and we just pal around. We just drink coffee and eat cheeseburgers and have a good time."

Patrick says that the bands have found some interesting things to do in their spare time. "The guy in Staind has a motorcycle, a little dirt bike that he bought--and then Fred went out and bought one. And then Fred went out and bought an ATV. So we spend a lot of time running around on those things. It's pretty fun."

Tonight Family Values will hit the Pepsi Arena in Albany, N.Y.

Features on Filter and Limp Bizkit are available on LAUNCH.com.

-- Darren Davis, New York

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